On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 05:39:34 GMT, Steve wrote
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I'm going to go by Santa Monica tommorrow and make a trip to Torrance
later in the week.

Those are good choices. You might also consider Long Beach:
http://www.atpflightschool.com/
http://www.californiaflightcenter.com/

You'll find a list of flight schools at Santa Monica he
http://santa-monica.org/airport/n_flight_s.aspx

Here's a list of flight schools in California:
http://tinyurl.com/cwle7